Month: May 2021

Legalise prostitution, 180,000 S’Africa’s Sex Workers demand business boom

Aoko Benjamin

  Sex workers took to the streets of Johannesburg on Thursday to demand that prostitution should be decriminalised to cause a business boom for 180,000 sex workers that operate in the country.   READ ALSO: We’ll wear nose mask during sex – Ghana’s Prostitutes beg customers as patronage crashes 1.9m Nigerians Living With HIV/AIDS – USAID EXCLUSIVE: How 10m HIV, Tuberculosis Patients in Africa are being abandoned ‘to die’   Numbering over 200, the sex workers stated that they represented all their colleagues in bringing their demand to the fore.…

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BREAKING: Another fuel tanker explodes on notorious Otedola bridge

Tade Salako

Here is what Road Safety boss said on ‘demon, witches or wizards’ at the Otedola Bridge, which has become so notorious for tanker explosions   Another fuel-laden tanker caught fire on popular Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.   READ ALSO: DANGER! Gas cylinder in your kitchen is expired? Here is how to check! Fuel tanker explosion kills Two, burns 47 vehicles on Lagos Expressway How EFCC seized N14.6b jewellery, $80m Mansion from ex-Oil minister Diezani   No casualty is reported as at press time. Friday’s incident occurred days after…

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How EFCC seized N14.6b jewellery, $80m Mansion from ex-Oil minister Diezani

Dawood Rabiu

  Though ‘Diezani’s jewellery, mansion,’ have been finally forfeited to the Federal Government, here is why the EFCC couldn’t dare to auction them   The Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), has given details  on how it seized jewellery worth N14 billion from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this known at the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the assessment and status of recovered loot on Friday in Abuja.   READ ALSO: JUST IN: EFCC Takes Over Nestoil…

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Biden doubts Narrative on COVID-19 Origin, Probes Fresh Intels on China

Wonuola Olujobi

  A fresh U.S intels found several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill and hospitalised in November 2019, months before the virus even got a name + “World may know the truth” in the next 90 days   U.S. President, Joe Biden, has directed the U.S Intelligence Community to further investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days. Biden, in a statement from the White House in Washington, DC, told the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to conclude the report in three months.   READ…

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Buhari meets visiting Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo behind closed door

Aliyu Aliyu

Here are the real reasons Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo visited Buhari + what they discussed behind close-door   Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed door with Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agenda of the meeting between President Buhari and the Ghanaian leader was unknown to State House correspondents as at the time of filing this report. It, however, gathered that Akufo-Addo, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was at the State House to discuss…

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NNPC to stake $3bn for Dangote Refinery’s 20% equity buy-over

Tade Salako

  Here is the major reason, NNPC, which, few days ago, awarded $1.5 billion rehabilitation contract for Port Harcourt refinery, is all out to place over $3 billion investments on Dangote Refinery.   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it plans to acquire a 20% minority equity stake in Africa’s biggest oil refining facility, Dangote Refinery, Lagos. Checks by Platforms Africa show that this plan will cost the corporation about $3 billion to purchase 20 per cemt stakea in the $15 billion Dangots Refinery.   READ ALSO:…

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Attacks on Nigeria’s election Umpire, INEC’s facilities hit 41 in 24 months

Dawood Rabiu

  Here is the full account of how INEC suffered an average of about 2 attacks per month in last two years + implications for next transition in Africa’s biggest democracy     The Nigeria’s election umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had suffered 41 deliberate attacks on its facilities across the country within the last two years. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).   READ ALSO: Another INEC headquarters on…

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AfriSAFE Targets 100m Africans in ‘I Am Safety’ Campaign, 2021 Awards

Gbenga Adeoti

  Organizers of the African Safety Awards for Excellence (AfriSAFE) have announced plans to kick off a Safety and Health campaign tagged ‘I Am Safety’ as nominations open for the third edition of the prestigious Safety Awards. Rear Admiral S. A. Olukoya (rtd), Chairman of AfriSAFE Board of Governors, made it known, in a statement obtained by Platforms Africa, that the goal of the campaign is to reach 100 million Africans with effective safety awareness messages that influence them to contribute positively to the safety of workers, the workplace and…

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NNPC in historic 314% Trading surplus surge, raked in  N538.94bn in Feb

Damilola Olonade

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a ₦39.85billion trading surplus for the month of February 2021 representing a massive 314.24% leap from the ₦9.62billion surplus it recorded in January 2021. This is contained in the February 2021 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), according to a press release sent to Platforms Africa by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru.   READ ALSO: BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Chief of Army Staff +His identity, antecedent Meet Ajoke, A Consequential…

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BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Chief of Army Staff +His identity, antecedent

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya, described as a gallant soldier, replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash in Kaduna last Friday.   READ ALSO: Kaduna Crash: Co-Pilot Dies 2 Months After Wedding, Pilot weeks to Marriage REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor Buhari’s absence at Army Chief, Others’ burial sets Twitter on fire   Attahiru who died alongside 10 other officers in the plane crash was buried…

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